Teas for the Spirit and the Body (and taste buds)

How do you choose a tea to drink? On their website, Yogi Teas suggest you choose by either Mood, Flavor or Purpose. An interesting idea and you might want to take a look and see what you decide. There are more than 50 Yogi Teas, each one a discovery and sure to please.

But let’s concentrate on the Flavor and Taste. The Sweet Thai Delight Tea is just that—a delight of a tea with natural coconut and butterscotch flavors. The result is reminiscent of Chai Spice tea but then again different. Have it plain or add milk and perhaps sweetener to enhance the flavor. The Echinacea  Tea has organic Lemon flavor and natural Cinnamon, Cardamom and Ginger Oils for a balanced intriguing and refreshing drink. The Green Tea Goji Berry says that it is naturally invigorating and with Organic Cherry, Blueberry, Raspberry  Flavors, and Natural Lotus Flower Flavor your eyes will be opened.

Yogi Tea bags come individually wrapped with a tag that offers inspiring thoughts—for instance: “Strength does not lie in what you have. It lies in what you can give.” The Yogi Tea Collection takes tea beyond a simple beverage and into a way of living. There are  organic and herbal teas that are grounded in ancient wisdom and in a simple, natural way of living. Whether you want to jump start the day, be a part of  or recover from physical activity, calm the mind and clarify thoughts or revive the spirit and reflect on the world, there's a Yogi Tea to meet that need. And, each one tastes deliciously intriguing.

www.yogitea.com

Smoother Green Tea

Green tea is healthy, right? But the truth is, even some flavored green teas have a little more pungency than perhaps you’d like. Celestial Seasonings, a leader in specialty teas for more than 40 years, is now offering hope for green tea drinkers who would a smoother drink, and yet still enjoy the benefits that green tea offers.

The mature green tea leaves naturally contain high levels of tannins, which can sometimes cause bitterness. Celestial Seasonings has added Bai Mu Dan white tea leaves, which impart a delicate balance to the green tea leaves. The very enjoyable green tea flavors include Goji Berry Pomegranate, Raspberry Gardens, Blueberry Breeze, Decaf Mint Green Tea , Authentic Green Tea, to list just a few.

Another refreshing tea blend from Celestial Seasonings is Sleepytime Vanilla Herbal Tea. The long-appreciated Sleepytime Tea is now offered with a delicate, relaxing vanilla that makes a perfect end of the day cup of tea.

Celestial Seasonings Teas are packed in beautiful boxes inspired by traditional Chinese black lacquer boxes, to reward the eyes as well as the palate.

www.celestialseasonings.com

The 3 Little Teas

The Republic of Tea presents the new Little Citizens’ Herb Teas Collection, an enchanting line of caffeine-free, organic Rooibos-based teas. The three varieties, Strawberry Vanilla Tea, Apple Cherry Tea, and Tangerine Tea, are all Fair trade certified herbal teas made from organic Rooibos, a naturally caffeine-free, anti-allergenic herb from South Africa. The Rooibos is blended with the highest quality herbs and are created just for children.

Each beautifully designed tin contains 36 unbleached round tea bags. They are slightly smaller than regular tea bags and are perfect for smaller servings.

The suggested retail price is $10.50 per tin and $1 from every purchase goes to Room to Read, an organization based on the belief that education is critical to breaking the poverty cycle in the developing world. Room to Read has helped with the building of 700 schools and 7,000 libraries and their goal is to create an additional 5,000 libraries.

With each purchase of Little Citizen’s Herb Teas, you will get a magically designed keepsake tin, 36 delicious servings of tea, and you will be helping to change the lives of children in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, South Africa and other countries.

Look for the teas at select natural and specialty food stores or through the company’s site
www.republicoftea.com

And pick up a book yourself.

Teas As You Please, and Help Plant Trees

Honey Vanilla Chamomile, Mint Magic, Sweet Apple Chamomile, Tropic of Strawberry, Country Peach Passion, Bengal Spice.

Vanilla Strawberry Rose, Perfectly Pear White Tea, Powerfully Plum White Tea, Chocolate Raspberry Bliss, Almond Sunset Dessert Tea, English Toffee, India Spice Chai, Decaf Sweet Coconut Thai Chai, Honey Vanilla White Chai…..These are just some of the tantalizing 90 tea concoctions from Celestial Seasonings.

So many varieties--An actual blend master, Charlie Baden, oversees the development of new blends. And every one of them is a box full of the promise of a satisfying, tantalizing aroma and taste all infused into a health-full beverage—herbal or not. Even the packaging is delightfully inspiring. Celestial’s bestselling tea in the entire specialty tea category is Sleepytime. Says a company spokesperson: “People can’t get enough of the tea and the Sleepytime bear!”

Celestial Seasonings earth-friendly approach to making tea includes a focus on sustainable harvests, ethical trade practices and minimal packaging, which saves more than 3.5 million pounds of waste from entering landfills annually.

All this is great but add a little something for the environment and you have the perfect blend of personal enjoyment and responsibility. By simply purchasing tea or clicking on a mouse, Celestial Seasonings tea drinkers can support the planting of trees in developing countries and help promote environmental and economic sustainability around the world. Celestial has partnered with the non-profit Trees for the Future to support the planting of more than one million trees in developing countries. These trees promote economic and environmental sustainability in nations where it is desperately needed.

If you love tea and respect the environment, all you have to do is purchase Celestial’s all-natural teas between now and March 31, 2009. You can also visit www.celestialseasonings.com/trees, where can participate in a free, interactive, Web program that turns “virtual trees” into reality.

There are regional favorites and so many varieties that even some very good things must come to an end so on their website is a page --
http://www.celestialseasonings.com/products/discontinued.html showing discontinued teas but also suggesting replacements for your retired favorites.

So sip and click.